Chernobyl

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World’s most dangerous job? Scientist traverses radioactive labyrinth 10 meters under Chernobyl, faces lethal peaks with only 4 minutes of exposure, monitors 200 tons of nuclear fuel and structures sealed for 100 years after 1986.

Alisson Ficher 02/05/2026 at 16:01

Science and Technology

Colossal arch of 36 thousand tons in Chernobyl marks historic advancement — unprecedented technology was able to contain historic nuclear leak.

Caio Aviz 11/04/2026 at 17:23

Science and Technology

The gigantic steel shell built to contain Chernobyl for a century has been pierced by a drone, exposing a critical system and creating a hole that could cost over 500 million euros to repair.

Ana Alice 02/04/2026 at 20:39

Science and Technology

Found in one of the most radioactive places on Earth, this Chernobyl fungus may be doing something with radiation that no one has been able to explain to this day.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 28/03/2026 at 09:05

Nuclear Energy

How Japan Overcame The Nuclear Bomb And Now Houses Millions In Hiroshima, While Ukraine Lost Chernobyl?

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 08/03/2026 at 18:47

Chernobyl revela como radiação ionizante afeta DNA e mutações em descendentes décadas após o acidente

Science and Technology

Decades Later, Chernobyl Still Impacts Generations: Study Detects Inherited Mutations in DNA of Children of Workers Exposed to Radiation from the 1986 Disaster, Revealing Effects Transmitted Even with Low Associated Disease Risk

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 18/02/2026 at 15:00

Três trabalhadores entraram em um porão radioativo em Chernobyl para drenar água e reduzir riscos após o maior acidente nuclear da história. (Imagem: Divulgação)

Nuclear Energy

Three Men Dived Into Radioactive Basement to Save Half of Europe and Prevent Explosion at Chernobyl: Understand How a Poorly Planned Safety Test Caused the Worst Nuclear Accident in History, Mobilized Suicide Missions, and Left Living Traces of Radiation to This Day

Ana Alice 27/01/2026 at 00:50

Fungo encontrado no reator de Chernobyl desafia a biologia: cresce sob radiação letal, usa melanina para converter energia nuclear em metabolismo ativo e prospera onde a vida deveria ser impossível

Science and Technology

Mushroom Found in Chernobyl Reactor Challenges Biology: Grows Under Lethal Radiation, Uses Melanin to Convert Nuclear Energy into Active Metabolism, and Thrives Where Life Should Be Impossible

Valdemar Medeiros 26/01/2026 at 21:55

Descubra como a radiação em Chernobyl influenciou os animais da zona de exclusão, levando a mutações, adaptações e surpreendentes descobertas científicas até hoje.

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Darker Frogs, Cancer-Resistant Wolves, and Adapted Bacteria: Chernobyl Animals Exhibit Genetic Mutations, Behavioral Changes, and Possible Adaptations to Radiation, Turning the Exclusion Zone into a Natural Laboratory That Intrigues Science

Ruth Rodrigues 24/01/2026 at 12:51

Accidents

Thousands of Helicopters Mobilized to Dump Tons of Sand, Clay, Boron, and Lead on Burning Nuclear Reactor in One of the Most Dangerous Missions in Human History

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 18/01/2026 at 09:48

Javalis selvagens em Chernobyl desafiam a radiação: contaminação radioativa persiste na zona de exclusão, mostrando adaptação e impacto ambiental duradouro.

Science and Technology

Wild Boars Thrive in Chernobyl Despite Extreme Radiation, Defy Scientific Predictions, Maintain Dangerous Contamination Levels Decades After Nuclear Accident, and Reveal How Accelerated Reproduction, Subterranean Diet, and Absence of Humans Reshape Wildlife in the Exclusion Zone

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 11/01/2026 at 23:03

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A Village of 300 Residents Remains Within the Nuclear Exclusion Zone of a Destroyed Power Plant, Refusing to Abandon Their Home Where Wildlife Thrived After Decades of Human Absence

Noel Budeguer 08/01/2026 at 08:35

World’s most dangerous job? Scientist traverses radioactive labyrinth 10 meters under Chernobyl, faces lethal peaks with only 4 minutes of exposure, monitors 200 tons of nuclear fuel and structures sealed for 100 years after 1986.

Colossal arch of 36 thousand tons in Chernobyl marks historic advancement — unprecedented technology was able to contain historic nuclear leak.

The gigantic steel shell built to contain Chernobyl for a century has been pierced by a drone, exposing a critical system and creating a hole that could cost over 500 million euros to repair.

Found in one of the most radioactive places on Earth, this Chernobyl fungus may be doing something with radiation that no one has been able to explain to this day.

How Japan Overcame The Nuclear Bomb And Now Houses Millions In Hiroshima, While Ukraine Lost Chernobyl?

Decades Later, Chernobyl Still Impacts Generations: Study Detects Inherited Mutations in DNA of Children of Workers Exposed to Radiation from the 1986 Disaster, Revealing Effects Transmitted Even with Low Associated Disease Risk

Three Men Dived Into Radioactive Basement to Save Half of Europe and Prevent Explosion at Chernobyl: Understand How a Poorly Planned Safety Test Caused the Worst Nuclear Accident in History, Mobilized Suicide Missions, and Left Living Traces of Radiation to This Day

Mushroom Found in Chernobyl Reactor Challenges Biology: Grows Under Lethal Radiation, Uses Melanin to Convert Nuclear Energy into Active Metabolism, and Thrives Where Life Should Be Impossible

Darker Frogs, Cancer-Resistant Wolves, and Adapted Bacteria: Chernobyl Animals Exhibit Genetic Mutations, Behavioral Changes, and Possible Adaptations to Radiation, Turning the Exclusion Zone into a Natural Laboratory That Intrigues Science

Thousands of Helicopters Mobilized to Dump Tons of Sand, Clay, Boron, and Lead on Burning Nuclear Reactor in One of the Most Dangerous Missions in Human History

Wild Boars Thrive in Chernobyl Despite Extreme Radiation, Defy Scientific Predictions, Maintain Dangerous Contamination Levels Decades After Nuclear Accident, and Reveal How Accelerated Reproduction, Subterranean Diet, and Absence of Humans Reshape Wildlife in the Exclusion Zone

A Village of 300 Residents Remains Within the Nuclear Exclusion Zone of a Destroyed Power Plant, Refusing to Abandon Their Home Where Wildlife Thrived After Decades of Human Absence

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Workers were opening a new road connection near the Marginal Tietê when they found, in the underground of the construction site, remnants of locomotives, wagons, and boilers from the 19th century linked to the forgotten history of Lapa.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Greek island offers free housing for volunteers, but there’s a condition: you need to take care of rescued cats.

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

China has deployed snake-shaped robots to slide along power lines, where they have already inspected over 130 kilometers of cables using cameras and sensors to detect damaged wires, worn-out parts, and overheating.